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About you You are a Contracts Manager who understands food retail and knows what good looks like in that environment. You are comfortable overseeing multiple projects and supporting site teams to deliver safely, on time and to a high standard. You are based within reach of Bury St Edmunds and you are happy spending time between sites and the office. You want a role where your experience is valued and where you can make a real impact across several projects. Your experience You have experience as a Contracts Manager or Senior Project Manager within construction, with a strong background in food retail fit out, refurbishment or extension projects. You understand the challenges of working in live retail environments and you know how to manage programmes, teams and client expectations effectively. You have worked on projects ranging from smaller works around £200k up to £3m and you are confident overseeing several jobs at once. What you will be doing with your experience You will be overseeing a portfolio of retail projects including fit outs, refurbishments and extensions. These are fast moving schemes where coordination and communication are key. You will support Project Managers and site teams, making sure projects are running to programme, budgets are controlled and standards are maintained. You will also be the main point of contact for the client at a higher level, ensuring relationships are strong and expectations are met across all projects. About the business This is a well established contractor with long standing relationships across the retail sector. Their work is repeat driven which provides consistency and a steady pipeline of projects. They have a practical, no nonsense culture where people are trusted to do their job and supported when needed. It is a business that values experience and rewards delivery. Next steps A CV isn't needed to start a conversation, so no matter what stage you're at in your job search, get in touch to discuss

My client is an award winning advice firm with offices in Norfolk and Suffolk, they have been established for over 35 years. Their Bury St. Edmunds based team are looking for a Technical Financial Planning Administrator (Paraplanner) to join their team of successful Financial Planning Support professionals. The successful candidate will benefit from a market leading salary and benefits package and importantly the opportunity to progress in their career with support both personally and financially, in addition all professional exam costs are met, and study is supported. Purpose of the role To provide high quality technical support across the team to enable Financial Planners and Directors to deliver a consistent, high-level service to clients. Being aligned to an individual Financial Planner or several FPs across the team Help maintain and develop a number of client services Support and develop junior team members to enable them to be as efficient and effective as possible, sharing technical resources across the team as necessary Key responsibilities Deliver a proactive high-quality support service to Financial Planners and Directors, assisting with technical problem solving where necessary Check more complex policy analysis and complete complex calculations for clients Liaise with clients, dealing with their queries and ensuring all client correspondence is clear and accurate Prepare for, and attend, client meetings to support Financial Planner by presenting part of the meeting as appropriate e.g. cashflow/CGT calculations, as and when required, in conjunction with line manager approval Hold regular meetings with your peers to discuss cases and to highlight changes in legislation that we need to consider and ideas for enhancing the services we deliver. Involvement with developing procedures for the team Ensure internal systems and processes are followed consistently amongst team members Support and develop junior team members to enable them to undertake tasks that will benefit the team and ultimately the client Highlight serious issues or system errors (provider systems or internal systems) to your line manager, dealing with day-to-day issues autonomously Provide technical training as required and support individual learning and development Maintain and update your personal development record Undertake project activity to feedback recommended changes to promote best practise of key processes and procedures, including client facing documents Personal Specification Diploma qualified (essential) Thorough knowledge of systems and processes Experience of dealing with a number of high level technical queries Providing accurate and timely information and administrative support Development of others Managing complex technical issues Maintaining a working knowledge of product key features, policy benefits and competitive strengths of providers’ products Maintain market knowledge by attending provider seminars and technical updates as well as financial and industry media updates Platform functionality Mandatory compliance training Pass ‘lead support’ knowledge test Attention to detail/accuracy Computer literate and data management, including company specific software Analytical, Decision making & problem solving Ability to train others Planning, time management and organisation skills Report writing & presentation skills Time management Ability to build and maintain relationships Ability to work pro-actively, on own initiative and as part of a team Communication – written and verbal Benefits 29 days holiday + office closed between Christmas and New Year + Birthday off 5% pension contribution Flexible working Hybrid working (two days from home) Profit Share Social events Free parking Free drinks/fruit Cycle to work scheme Length of service recognition Discounted legal services Life cover and income protection Healthcare cash plan Private health care scheme Professional qualifications supported financially